”Är det rätt?” Klassrumsinteraktion och positionering mellan vuxna L2-inlärare i en svenska som främmandespråkskontext
Abstract
For foreign language learners, possibilities of interaction in the L2 often are very
restricted in everyday life. Classroom interaction between learners (peer interaction)
plays therefore an important role in foreign language learning, especially in case of
relatively small languages as Swedish. One of the characteristics of peer interaction
is that language expert positions are more open for negotiation than in conversations
with L1-speakers or teachers. Different theoretical perspectives link problems in
communication which can make participants language expertise relevant to learning,
and the study focuses therefore on repair and negotiation of expert positions. It analyzes
interaction between participants learning Swedish as a foreign language in a
German non-formal adult education institution, based on audio-recordings of peer
interaction in two language courses with 16 participants. Drawing on conversation
analysis the study examines which kinds of repair are used and how they are used,
how participants use the common language German (mostly L1) as a resource and
how expert positions are negotiated in repair sequences. Findings show that participants
make use of peer interaction for ”doing being a language learner” with a
distinct orientation to correctness and learning, and in frequent metacommentaries
position themselves unexpectedly explicitly to their own process of language learning.
The other common language/L1 is used as an important resource in handling the
balancing between orientation to learning, progress in conversation and the social
relationships. Expert positioning is done in ways that make the expert position fluid,
relevant only temporarily and open to all participants, which leads to that participants
question both their own and the others language expertise. The study
concludes with reflections on the implications of the results for foreign language
instruction.
Degree
Student Essay
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Date
2020-02-17Author
Kölling, Yvonne
Keywords
L2-klassrumsinteraktion
peer interaction
svenska som främmandespråk
reparationer
positionering
samtalsanalys
Series/Report no.
Uppsats
Language
swe